2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Highlights

Honda Drivers Dominate on Iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, the pinnacle of amateur road racing, took over the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway the week of September 23 thru October 1. Among the record setting 1000 entries in the event, the largest event ever held at IMS, were a myriad of Honda and Acuras. These amateur racers, given the rare opportunity to race a track typically reserved solely for professionals, made Honda fans proud as many of our beloved Honda racecars ended atop the podium after the checkered flag flew.

Race Recap

After a week of testing, tuning, and qualifying, each of the 28 SCCA national classes battled it out in a one-race, winner-take-all showdown around the 15-turn, 2.592-mile road course that culminated on those famous Indy finish line bricks.

Friday Races: Honda/Acura competed in T1, FF, FP, B-Spec and GT-2 class races, dominating in FF and seeing a Honda Fit made the podium in B-Spec.

Sunday Races: GTL and STU were the final two classes representing Honda Racing, and Honda took home the win in both of them.

In total, the Honda Racing team at the 2017 SCCA Runoffs concluded the week with four National Championships and 11 podium finishes. STL winner Adam Roberts was quoted after his win: “Honda powered my dreams today.”

Kevin Boehm, driver of the green #9 STU Civic, built his competition car through the program. In fact, the #9 is one of the first Civic racecars to house the new Type R engine. His team had to wait until late in the season after the Type R powertrain had been released and became legal in STU to begin competing. They started with the Civic Si Body-in White, “Then it was a simple modification to add the Type R engine as it uses the same mounts as the Si motor. But with the new Type R under the hood instead, the overall horsepower increased from 200 with the Si to over 300.”

The HPD program also provides a full line of performance parts (engines, transmissions, suspensions, and brakes, for example) needed for any Honda or Acura competition race car. More information is available at Honda Racing Line.

Photos and Videos

Herb Chambers Honda of Seekonk was thrilled to have representatives from our dealership on site at this year’s Runoffs to catch all the action. Photos and video highlights were shared throughout the week via our Twitter account. If you missed any of it, go back and check it out. Then follow us to ensure you don’t miss any Honda news in the future.